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chǎn

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chǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǎn | chan3
English translation
spade, shovel; trowel, scoop

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About chǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

chǎn

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of chǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅产

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

chǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and chǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of chǎn .

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Example sentences using chǎn

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yòng liào chǎn pén de 混合 hùnhé liào guā le 出来 chū lái .

He scraped the mixture out of the bowl with a plastic spatula.

他们 tā men zài Xuě Zhōng chǎn chū tiáo 小路 xiǎo lù .

They shoveled a path through the snow.

有时候 yǒu shí hou 肯定 kěndìng huì 错估铲球 chǎn qiú de 时机 shíjī

You're bound to mistime a tackle every so often.

他们 tā men dài zhāo tǒng 铲子 chǎn zi zài 沙滩 shātān shǎng wán

They were playing on the beach with their buckets and spades .

彭德古德旅行 lǚxíng 拖车 tuō chē de 沙子 shā zi chǎn le 出来 chū lái

Pendergood had shovelled the sand out of the caravan.

Words with chǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chǎn to shovel chǎn
铲除 chǎn chú to root out剷除
铲子 chǎn zi shovel鏟子
铲车 chǎn chē front loader (vehicle)鏟車
锅铲 guō chǎn wok spatula鍋鏟
铲平 chǎn píng to flatten鏟平
铲土机 chǎn tǔ jī earth-moving machine鏟土機
铲运机 chǎn yùn jī earth-moving machine鏟運機
电铲 diàn chǎn power shovel電鏟

chǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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